Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand and the Vietnam War

13 March - 14 March 2009

Holiday Inn Park Plaza - Lubbock, Texas

The views and opinions expressed in these papers, presentations, and videos are strictly those of the presenters and authors and do not represent the Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University, or the State of Texas.

Friday, March 13th

Video

[Mahogany/Sycamore]

8:00 AM-8:30 AM. Event: Opening Remarks

Moderator: Dr. Stephen Maxner, Director, Vietnam Center

Dr. Guy Bailey, President, Texas Tech University

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[Mahogany/Sycamore]

8:30 AM-10:00 AM. Session 1: Understanding the War in Southeast Asia through the declassified works of Thomas Ahern

"Laos: The War John F. Kennedy Did Not Fight." Dr. Joyce Hoffmann, Old Dominion University

"A Tipping Point for the United States in Laos: Operation Triangle, 1964." Dr. John Prados, National Security Archive

Video

[Mahogany/Sycamore]

3:30 PM-5:00 PM. Session 4: The War in Laos

Moderator: Dr. Dennis Patterson, Texas Tech University

"Air America in Laos." Mr. Allen Cates, Air America, Laos

"Phou Vong and Kong Mi, Kaysone and Tanh: Negotiating communist and non-communist spaces amongst the Brao along the Laos-Cambodia border." Dr. Ian G. Baird, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

"USAID Report: Architectural Notes in Vietna, 1974. Campus Designs for South Vietnam: The Influence of Thailand's Thammasat University and Other Southeast Asian Models of Educational Architecture." Dr. Tom Reich, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point